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A drumline is a section of marching drums usually played as part of a marching band or by themselves. Drumlines are normally incorperated into high school or college marching bands. The typical types of drums in drumlines are shown below.
Common Drums seen in DrumLines |
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Snare drums |
Bass Drums |
Quads (or tenor) drums |
Cymbols |
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Marching snare drums have high tension heads typically made of Kevlar. In the past they were held up by slings but due to the discomfort of this angle for the left hand, the traditional grip (in the picture)
was created to make it easier to play. Now there are over-the-shoulder harnesses that hold the drum with the playing surface parallel to the ground. The snare drums normally provide the centeral rythm for the for section. |
Marching bass drums are normally used as tonal drums. Multiple people with have different bass drums tuned to different pitches. Each drummer plays a different part, though the entire bass drum part is heard as a whole. The drummers who carry the bass drums normally stand in line according to size. |
Tenor drums (also called toms, tri-toms, quads, quints, or squints) are multiple tom drums in one set attached to a harness. There are usually four to six drums in a set, but there can be as few as one or as many as seven. Quads add a variety of pitches to a drum line. They are generally play with mallets with plastic disc-shaped heads. | Marching cymbals are normally pairs of crash cymbals played in a variety of different ways. Cymbals are bronze with carrying straps. Most of the time, they will all hold the same size cymbol but not always. Snare drummers may play on the cymbals as ride cymbals or like hi-hats, thus there is typically a minimum of one cymbalist for every two snare drummers. Some drumlines do not use cymbols. |
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